Low Firestrike Score

[gepowr]

Hey guys,

i just installed my "new" (bought from ebay) Evga Gtx 1080 (Blower edition) and i ran firestrike to see if everything is working correctly. My Graphics score is about 1k under the the 1080FE i think. What do you guys think, is the Evga 1080 performing fine ? 

 

[lavablade02]

Check your drivers. Also, use MSI afterburner to watch temps and be sure the fans are working correctly.

[lavablade02]

Also, the issue might be a scam. There is something called BIOS slashing (I think is the name) where they sell you something like a 750 and make it think it is a 1080. You can get a refund if that is the case.

 

Edit: detecting a fake card is pretty hard. If I remember correctly you have to actually take the thermal paste off the GPU itself and look at the label on the GPU.

[Razor Blade]

Download GPU-Z to see details about your card

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

[gepowr]

1 minute ago, lavablade02 said:

Check your drivers. Also, use MSI afterburner to watch temps and be sure the fans are working correctly.

 

I installed the latest drivers via geforce experience. The target temp is set to 83° in Msi Afterburner which should be fine i think. 

4 minutes ago, lavablade02 said:

Also, the issue might be a scam. There is something called BIOS slashing (I think is the name) where they sell you something like a 750 and make it think it is a 1080. You can get a refund if that is the case.

Well this card is definitely not a scam because it is not extremely underperforming.

[lavablade02]

1 minute ago, gepowr said:

 

I installed the latest drivers via geforce experience. The target temp is set to 83° in Msi Afterburner which should be fine i think. 

Well this card is definitely not a scam because it is not extremely underperforming.

Check clock speeds in MSI afterburner? I don't really know what else it could be.

Edit: could it be a bottleneck with the CPU?

[gepowr]

2 minutes ago, Razor Blade said:

Download GPU-Z to see details about your card

 

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

The card is definitely valid:

[DildorTheDecent]

8 minutes ago, gepowr said:

Hey guys,

i just installed my "new" (bought from ebay) Evga Gtx 1080 (Blower edition) and i ran firestrike to see if everything is working correctly. My Graphics score is about 1k under the the 1080FE i think. What do you guys think, is the Evga 1080 performing fine ?

20.9k is a little bit low but not much to be concerned about. Could be because it's a got a crap cooler it's hitting it's first temp "limit" and pulling the clock down slightly. The limit you actually set (Afterburner/Precision X) is where the proper throttling begins.

 

Keep Pascal cool and it'll fly. By cool you need to be below 40C or so. That's to make sure that there's no clock fluctuation at all.

[lavablade02]

Found your issue. It is 100 MHz underclocked.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1080/

[gepowr]

1 minute ago, lavablade02 said:

Found your issue. It is 100 MHz underclocked.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1080/

Alright then, so i will just change the temp limit, set a custom fan curve and oc it a bit.

2 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

20.9k is a little bit low but not much to be concerned about. Could be because it's a got a crap cooler it's hitting it's first temp "limit" and pulling the clock down slightly. The limit you actually set (Afterburner/Precision X) is where the proper throttling begins.

 

Keep Pascal cool and it'll fly. By cool you need to be below 40C or so. That's to make sure that there's no clock fluctuation at all.

Alright, as i said above i will change the fan curve manually and i'll see if the performance will be normal with a slight oc.

[Razor Blade]

3 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

20.9k is a little bit low but not much to be concerned about. Could be because it's a got a crap cooler it's hitting it's first temp "limit" and pulling the clock down slightly. The limit you actually set (Afterburner/Precision X) is where the proper throttling begins.

 

Keep Pascal cool and it'll fly. By cool you need to be below 40C or so. That's to make sure that there's no clock fluctuation at all.

Agreed. If it isn't boosting because of temps that would explain the lower than expected score.

[lavablade02]

Just now, gepowr said:

Alright then, so i will just change the temp limit, set a custom fan curve and oc it a bit.

Alright, as i said above i will change the fan curve manually and i'll see if the performance will be normal with a slight oc.

I'm really dumb. I read the boost clock and compared it to the base clock. 

[gepowr]

19 minutes ago, lavablade02 said:

I'm really dumb. I read the boost clock and compared it to the base clock. 

So it's basically fine, just with a little slow clock compared to the other oc and aftermarket editions ? I got that one because i really really like the looks of it and i also got it for a very small amount of money.

[gepowr]

6 hours ago, Razor Blade said:

Agreed. If it isn't boosting because of temps that would explain the lower than expected score.

 

6 hours ago, lavablade02 said:

I'm really dumb. I read the boost clock and compared it to the base clock. 

Alright, i just installed evga precision xoc and oc'd my card. I set the power limit to max, core +200MHz, Memory +500MHz. The card is clocking just above 2000MHz in firestrike now. The Graphic score compares very nicely to other aftermarket Gtx 1080's right ?